A/N: Finally chapter 2 is up! Sorry it took so long but I've been trying to post it since last night and it wouldn't let me. So here it is finally!

The next morning Lilly woke up early. Looking at the clock, it was still an hour until the alarm was set to go off. She snuggled deeper into the covers, feeling secure wrapped up in Jackson's arms and fell back asleep until the alarm went off.

Once she shut the alarm off, she turned around to see if Jackson was awake. His eyes were still closed so she wasn't sure. Staring at him, she decided the best way to wake him. Leaning in she gave him a quick kiss.

Smiling, he opened his eyes. "Well good morning to you too. How'd you sleep?"

"Much better than I did in that stupid hospital bed." Scooting closer, laying her head on his chest, "I sleep much better in your arms." They stayed like that, just content to hold each other for the next twenty or so minutes.

Jackson was the first to get moving. "We'd better get to the hospital. I wanna spend as much time as possible with RJ before I have to go to work."

Lilly sat up at that, she couldn't believe what she just heard. "You're going to work?"

"Yes, and before you get mad, Rico left me no choice. It was either come in or lose my job and you know I need that job."

"I hate that lil twerp."

Jackson just laughed as he walked over to his closet. He gathered various articles of clothing and went into the bathroom to take a shower. While he was gone, Lilly began exploring the room. She hadn't spent much time in here before. Looking in the closets she noticed all her clothes had been moved in. Checking the dresser drawers she found the same thing.

Walking down the hall she opened the door to the room that used to be hers. Looking in she saw that they had moved everything out of the room leaving only the baby's stuff. They had painted the walls blue with a sports wallpaper trim running across the middle of the wall. The sight made Lilly start to tear up again, it was beautiful.

Leaning against the door frame she heard Jackson come up behind her. Wrapping his arms around her waist he rested his head on her shoulder. "Dad and Miley have spent every spare moment working on this room the last few days."

"It's wonderful, I can't wait to bring him home to this room." Tilting her head slightly she gave him a quick kiss. The separated herself so she could go jump in the shower and get ready to go.

Half an hour later they were on their way to the hospital. It was only a ten minute drive so they were there in no time at all. They just sat there and watched their son sleep. He looked so peaceful despite everything that was connected to him. Not wanting to be away from him, she left her hand touching him at all times. He woke up for short times here and there and both Lilly and Jackson would talk to him constantly, making sure he knew they were there.

Not long after Jackson left for work, Miley entered the room and took up residence next to Lilly. She just sat by her friend's side, lending her support. It was hard enough for her to watch her nephew in there. She couldn't imagine what Lilly was going through right now.

Looking at the clock Miley realized it was after two in the afternoon and knowing Lilly she hadn't eaten at least since before they left the house. "Let's go get something to eat."

"I'm not hungry," the blonde stated quietly, not even turning away long enough to look at her friend.

Miley knew her best friend better than that. Lilly was always hungry. She put a hand on her friends shoulder and spoke to her in a serious tone. "Don't lie to me, I know you have to be."

"Okay fine I am," she said rather reluctantly. "But I just can't leave him."

"We don't have to go anywhere, just down to the cafeteria. We won't be that far away." It took a little more convincing but Miley finally managed to tear Lilly away. They got their food and found an empty table.

Lilly just sat there mostly playing with her food, getting a few bites in here and there.

"So how are things going with you and Jackson?" Miley asked trying to get the other girl's mind off of the baby so maybe she'd eat.

Just thinking of Jackson made her smile just a bit. "It's going pretty good. He asked me to marry him ya know?" She moved her hand in front of her friends face to show her the ring on her finger.

"Wow, I knew he'd asked but he never showed us a ring. It's beautiful, but why do you still have the promise ring on? Wasn't it kind of a stand in for the real thing?"

"Yeah but I couldn't take it off. Besides they fit well together. Maybe once we're married I'll rethink it, but for now this is the way I like it." A smile was plastered all over her face as she spoke. Only one thing could make her happier than she was right now, and that was being able to take RJ home for good.

The two girls moved on to other things to talk about. Miley caught the other girl up on all the gossip going around so far this year at school. Lilly felt weird that first day knowing all her friends were going back to school but she wasn't. She enjoyed the home study program she was doing before RJ was born though. She figured she'd keep doing that, or maybe just get her GED and get it over with, she wasn't sure yet.

"So how are things going with you and Oliver?"

Looking down at her plate, "they…uh… aren't. We went on a date but at first it just seemed like everything was normal. You know us just hanging out. But then at the end it was just awkward." Finally looking up, "We agreed it would just be better to stay friends."

"That's too bad. I mean that it was so awkward."

Jokingly, "Are you sure ya just didn't want someone to join you in the teen moms club?"

Lilly didn't find it funny. Very seriously she looked at her friend. "No, I don't. No teenager should have to go through this. The terror of realizing you've become a static. They choices you have to make, knowing that no matter what choice you make your life will never be the same. Having to disappoint the people you love, wondering if they'll ever love you again especially when they don't even visit."

Miley didn't dare speak, even when Lilly paused to catch her breath. She just waited to see if her friend was done. Obviously she wasn't.

Her eyes began to tear up. "Then it's a whole other thing when you have to go through a difficult pregnancy and have a premature baby. You have to sit there and watch him hooked up to tubes and monitors and know there is absolutely nothing you can do for him. You just have to hope that he'll be okay. Because if he isn't you don't know what you'll do without him."

Racing to her friend and holding her tightly. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry Lilly. I'd do anything for you not to have to go through this."

She just held onto the brunette tightly. "I've never cried so much in my life, but I can't seem to stop."

Leading her friend out of cafeteria and back towards the NICU. Once she was settled back in front of RJ, Miley made her way back towards the front of the hospital and turned her cell phone back on to make a call. Hearing the other end pick up, "Hey Jackson, got a minute?"